Ford Mondeo sedan has received a technological upgrade aimed at the safety improving of the car and improving of the intelligent driver assistance systems. People can order updated Ford Mondeo at all official Ford dealers in Russia.

Analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" conducted a study of the passenger car market in Russia. It covered both new cars, and used ones, and in all federal districts of the country. According to the survey, for the year (from November of 2017 to October of 2018), 48 cars were sold per one thousand Russians, incl. 11 new cars and 37 used ones.

Assembly of Lada Granta sedan can begin in Egypt

Egyptian foreign assembly partner of AvtoVAZ, the plant “Al- Amal”, which still produces the classic sedan Lada 2107, can go to the assembly of the new budget sedan Lada Granta. The director of the Center for assembly kits of AvtoVAZ, Alexander Chumaev, informed about it the newspaper “Volgsky avtostroitel”, noting that the interest of the Arab partners to this model is great. “According to them, the Egyptian consumers will like Granta. Now the issue of its assembly is being considered at the company “Al- Amal”, - said Alexander Chumaev.

Recall that the assembly of Lada 2107 in Egypt began in 2002 and it continues to this day. During these years, the Egyptian company also produced sedan Lada 110 and SUVs Lada 4x4. According to the data received by AUTOSTAT agency in the press center of AvtoVAZ, Russian plant delivered to Egypt more than 36.5 thousand of vehicle sets of Lada from 2002 to 2012.

Meanwhile, AvtoVAZ will expand cooperation with the Alliance and Renault-Nissan. “We are already supplying to “Avtoframos” chassis components, the range and volumes of which are constantly growing, since 2012”, - recalled Mr. Chumaev. – “Today, we are actively preparing for the beginning of deliveries of power units of assembly production to “Autoframos” – for Renault cars. Not far enough the supply of a wide range of components, produced by AvtoVAZ to a subsidiary in Izhevsk – for the assembly of cars of our Alliance partners”.

Center of assembly kits of AvtoVAZ, which organizes the delivery of vehicle sets Lada to the companies of external assembly, was established in November of 1995, and since then it was shipped about 1.3 million vehicle kits Lada to the external assembly line and more than 500 thousand of power units of VAZ for the assembly of cars Oka and “Izh”. About 770 thousand sets were supplied to assembly plants in Russia, about 460 thousand - to the CIS countries, about 57,000 units – to partners from abroad.

“For ten months of this year we sent to assembly plants over 73 thousand vehicle kits Lada”, - said Mr. Chumaev. – “Our biggest customer is “United automotive group”, which is a subsidiary of AvtoVAZ. From the beginning of year, it was delivered almost 52,000 assembly kits for Lada Granta for the car assembly in configuration “standard” and “norm” to Izhevsk. “The assembly plants in Togliatti also use about 9000 vehicle kits. About 4200 vehicle sets Lada of “2110” family were sent to Ukraine - for the corporation “Bogdan Motors”, about two thousand - for the enterprise “Al- Amal” in Egypt , 5900 vehicle sets were shipped for “Asia –Auto” in Ust-Kamenogorsk. “According to Mr.Chumaev, AvtoVAZ is going to ship to foreign enterprises over 83 thousand vehicle kits Lada before the end of the year. This number does not include assembly kits for Chevrolet Niva, which are supplied by AvtoVAZ to the joint venture “GM- AvtoVAZ”.